Archives for
April 2007

Try as we might, we can't get access to RIPL, the college social network that's currently in closed beta and open only to students at the University of Washington and the University of Central Florida. We first spotted the site back in November 2006,...

Weblo is a virtual real estate site with social networking features that most of us labeled pointless. In Business 2.0 this week, however, the company claims that it will pull in $2 million in revenue in the second quarter of 2007, and $10 million in...

YouTube, previously produced and filtered solely by the users themselves, is starting to hire editors. Launched this week, CitizenTube is a new YouTube channel in which YouTube's "News and Politics Editor" produces unique political content and picks ...

YouTube will go the cooperative route, helping Thailand to block certain pages that have proven offensive to the country's officials. Earlier this week, the entire YouTube website was banned, due to a wrath-provoking video clip that was found to be i...

Look out TicketMaster, ShowClix is gaining ground! Pittsburgh-based ShowClix, which launched in March and appears in the Gloucester Times today, is geared at giving artists, musicians and promoters a platform to reach their fans, promote shows and se...

Google Labs has debuted a test version of a free 411 service today: dial 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411) to access it. There's more info on the FAQ page. The local business info comes from Google Maps/Google Local. Another example of Google moving in...

Update (from the comments): The appellate court has granted a temporary stay of the ruling until such time as the court can hear their request for a permanent stay until their appeal is heard. -- This is particularly damaging to Vonage, which has bee...

Kristen reported earlier that YouTube is working with the Thai authorities to remove the "offensive" clip which showed the Thai king with a clown's nose, and next to a pair of feet. To our sensibilities, at least, it seemed infantile, but ultimately ...

MyDataBus, an online storage and management system for your photos, videos and documents, is announcing their SnipShot API integration today. With the SnipShot API, MyDataBus users can now edit their uploaded photos online. MyDataBus makes it easier ...

Update (April 10): We were infomred that b4class may have been compromised today, showing an offer to download spyware when you hit the front page. We're not seeing the alert, but if you do see it, beware. -- B4Class is a social network for high scho...

MyTimeHero is a new social network geared towards a mature audience. And by mature we mean "old"....so don't get any ideas. ;) The concept behind MyTimeHero is to offer a MySpace for an older crowd, and provide a social network where users won't feel...

Buzzillions, formerly called PowerReviews, has launched in soft beta with a new name and a new look (though we're not sure what the new name means). With some new features added, Buzzillions may offer a viable option for consumers ready to compare be...

One of the great things to come out of Mashable Writers is that we now have potential correspondents at all corners of the globe. Where we don't have feet on the ground: the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, which starts Sunday night, April 15. If you'r...

Unintentionally, perhaps, but Bambi Francisco just perfected Web 2.0 marketing. The journalist from the Dow Jones-owned financial news site MarketWatch was the subject of articles this week in the WSJ and ZDNet, both of which picked up on a possible ...

The Google AdWords white label service for AOL has been prematurely announced this evening, but the news has been a long time coming. The deal between Google and AOL for this streamlined service for advertisers on AOL was outlined back in 2005 when t...

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